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According to the national census of 2009, the area's population was 779542 people, 407217 women and 372325 men. Kazakhs — 614961 people (79%), unlike in other areas of the country they form an overwhelming majority of the population of the area. There are a lot of Russians, Tatars, Ukrainians, Germans, Koreans, Moldavians, Jews, Armenians, Chechens and others in the area as well.